I had no idea I could do that with the components declared in the manifest.
Thanks a lot! On Mar 25, 5:23 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Tughi wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I want to optimize the CPU usage in my application. > > > Currently my application is configured to always receive the > > CONNECTIVITY_CHANGED action to force an update if the previous update > > failed because there was no connectivity. > > What I don't like about this is that the broadcast receiver gets to be > > called too many times although it is not needed. > > > I was thinking to register my broadcast receiver only if an update > > failed using the Context.registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver, > > IntentFilter filter) method. But I'm not so sure if this is a good > > idea. > > > I'm concerned that if my application is evicted from memory the > > broadcast receiver will be unregistered or lost and my application > > will not be notified about the future CONNECTIVITY_CHANGED actions. > > > The update is done in a short lived service. So if the update fails, > > the service will register the broadcast receiver just before it ends > > its execution time. > > > Can somebody explain what happens to my broadcast receiver after the > > application is evicted from memory? > > You will leak memory, as your BroadcastReceiver will keep the component > in RAM (even if it was destroyed) until such time as Android terminates > the process. > > You might consider going with a manifest-registered receiver, but > enabling and disabling the component as needed via PackageManager. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training...At Your Office:http://commonsware.com/training -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
